Girls' name · since 1986
Joselyne
1,158 babies named Joselyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,501 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,158
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Joselyne is the #15501 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,158 recorded since 1986.
Joselyne has 1,158 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15501 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #6,785 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,501 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,158 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joselyne ranks #6,785 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,501 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,158 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,501 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,158
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joselyne's 1,158 recorded births place it above 90.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Joselyne compares
1,158 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joselyne's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joselyne | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,158 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 101 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joselyne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joselyne's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 101, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joselyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 101
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Joselyne by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (541 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Joselyne's strongest decade.
541 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Joselyne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
341 births
- 2000s
2000s
541 births
- 2010s
2010s
225 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 541 births (47% of all-time use).
How Joselyne compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Joselyne's total volume
Joselyne by state
Where Joselyne concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 349 | 30.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 159 | 13.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 25 | 2.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 17 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
349 of 1,158 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Joselyne's data
- Joselyne's decade-level peak was the 2000s (541 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Joselynes (349 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nearby Names Like Joselyne
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Joselyne
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Joselyne
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joselyne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joselyne draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.